…Rights Groups Kick NYSC’s Action A Nigerian corps member, Rita Ushie—known online as Raye—has had her National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) year extended by two months after posting a viral TikTok video criticising President Bola Tinubu’s administration. The move, which follows her March post describing Nigeria’s economic crisis and calling the Tinubu-led government “terrible”,…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano No fewer than four Tiv farmers have been killed and several others injured in renewed herders’ attacks in the southern senatorial district of Nasarawa State. President of the Tiv Youth Organisation, Isaiah Audu, who addressed journalists on Monday in Lafia, said the violence affected communities in Doma, Keana, and Obi Local…
A Federal High Court, Lagos on Monday sentenced 17 Chinese nationals to one year imprisonment each for cyber-terrorism. The court presided over by Justices D. E.Osiagor and Justice D.I. Dipeolu also convicted the accused for internet fraud in a suit brought before it by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano Students of the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Niger State, on Monday staged a protest over worsening insecurity in the town following the killing of one of their colleagues by suspected bandits. AHR gathered that the student was shot dead at an off-campus residence by gunmen believed to be terrorists. The…
…People Tried to Stop Him – Eyewitness Hussaini Kafi in Kano At least 22 people were killed and 63 others injured after a suicide bomber attacked the Greek Orthodox Church of the Prophet Elias in Damascus on Sunday evening. Syria’s Interior Ministry said the assailant opened fire during a church service in the Dweila…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano A devastating explosion occurred at a company located at Eastern Bypass in Kano State in the early hours of Saturday, resulting in the deaths of five people and injuring 10 others. The incident happened when a military mortal bomb, suspected to be on a truck carrying carbine, exploded. The Kano State…
Dennis Wuye in Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Dr Mkor Aondona, the Special Adviser to the Governor of Benue State on Documentation, Research and Planning, over allegations of sextortion, cyberbullying and blackmail. According to a statement released on Saturday by the Makurdi Zonal Directorate of the EFCC, Aondona was taken…
In the aftermath of a deadly coordinated attack that left about 200 people dead in Yelewata and Daudu communities of Guma Local Government Area, Benue State, Abuja residents have expressed outrage and disappointment at the government’s continued failure to halt bloodshed in the region. The attack, reportedly carried out late Friday night by suspected herdsmen,…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has launched a renewed offensive against online fraudsters exploiting social media platforms to lure unsuspecting Nigerians with fake job and auction offers. Speaking at a press briefing at the Customs Headquarters in Abuja on Friday, the National Public Relations Officer, Assistant Comptroller Customs, Abdullahi Maiwada, said the Service is…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano Troops of Operation Delta Safe have foiled a large-scale oil theft operation worth over N250 million in the Niger Delta, in one of the most significant crackdowns against economic saboteurs this year. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Markus Kangye, disclosed this in a statement on Friday while presenting…
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